# 1985 Waterford Corporation election

An election to all 15 seats on Waterford City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from three local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 5 | 0 | 4,347 | 30.18 | |
| | Fine Gael | 4 | 0 | 3,309 | 22.97 | |
| | Workers' Party | 2 | 0 | 1,488 | 10.33 | |
| | Waterford People's Party | 1 | 1 | 1,405 | 9.75 | |
| | Labour | 2 | 0 | 1,346 | 9.35 | |
| | Independent | 1 | 0 | 2,269 | 15.75 | |
| Totals | Totals | 15 | 0 | 14,403 | 100.00 | — |
Waterford People's Party was a localised split in the Workers' Party. It was not a registered political party.

## Results by local electoral area
### Waterford No. 1

Waterford No. 1: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Power* | | 776 | 785 | 795 | 815 | 904 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Hilary Quinlan | | 727 | 794 | 801 | 823 | 845 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | James Brett | | 612 | 665 | 668 | 679 | 688 | 690 | 702 | 765 | 768 | 802 |
| | Workers' Party | Davy Walsh* | | 455 | 459 | 605 | 660 | 668 | 675 | 756 | 826 | 829 | 848 |
| | Independent | Martin Cullen | | 350 | 364 | 376 | 411 | 432 | 435 | 475 | 546 | 547 | 598 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony Roche | | 335 | 344 | 350 | 362 | 410 | 438 | 471 | 506 | 511 | 773 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Larry Dower | | 315 | 323 | 325 | 334 | 336 | 392 | 412 | 443 | 444 | |
| | Labour | George Wadding | | 275 | 287 | 295 | 313 | 333 | 337 | 353 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Ryan | | 273 | 273 | 278 | 292 | 296 | 298 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ann O'Rourke | | 236 | 243 | 251 | 271 | | | | | | |
| | Waterford People's Party | Mick Dunphy | | 222 | 227 | 236 | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Billy McCarthy | | 217 | 219 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ann Raleigh | | 193 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,788 Valid: 4,986 (57.31%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 832 Turnout: 5,036 ||||||||||||||

### Waterford No. 2

Waterford No. 2: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Independent | Davy Daniels* | | 937 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Sen. Katharine Bulbulia | | 658 | 664 | 677 | 701 | 730 | 778 | 866 | | |
| | Labour | Liam Curham* | | 634 | 663 | 681 | 749 | 789 | 826 | 899 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally | | 547 | 555 | 569 | 594 | 706 | 754 | 801 | 820 | 826 |
| | Fine Gael | Stephen Rogers* | | 518 | 524 | 535 | 560 | 579 | 644 | 725 | 742 | 759 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Donal Ormonde TD | | 498 | 504 | 511 | 540 | 609 | 663 | 720 | 734 | 737 |
| | Independent | Richard Jones* | | 297 | 307 | 323 | 345 | 363 | 416 | | | |
| | Waterford People's Party | Joe Falvey | | 294 | 305 | 318 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Griffin | | 290 | 300 | 305 | 323 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank King | | 286 | 293 | 300 | 328 | 340 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Dick McGrath | | 116 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,368 Valid: 5,035 (60.4%) Spoilt: 19 Quota: 840 Turnout: 5,054 |||||||||||||

### Waterford No. 3

Waterford No. 3: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Waterford People's Party | Martin O'Regan* | | 889 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Browne* | | 653 | 665 | 672 | 678 | 698 | 705 | 731 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Paddy Gallagher* | | 546 | 594 | 604 | 610 | 622 | 739 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Swift* | | 471 | 499 | 508 | 513 | 519 | 527 | 552 | 595 | 772 | |
| | Labour | Brian O'Shea | | 437 | 450 | 453 | 460 | 477 | 485 | 506 | 585 | 610 | 625 |
| | Fine Gael | Maurice Cummins* | | 398 | 407 | 408 | 440 | 510 | 512 | 540 | 570 | 594 | 614 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kenneally | | 226 | 230 | 232 | 234 | 241 | 242 | 267 | 276 | | |
| | Independent | Paudie Burke | | 188 | 202 | 211 | 215 | 220 | 230 | 257 | | | |
| | Independent | William Jones | | 164 | 169 | 175 | 178 | 182 | 188 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Martin Kennedy | | 154 | 162 | 167 | 168 | 171 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry O'Mahoney | | 110 | 113 | 116 | 144 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary O'Halloran | | 93 | 96 | 96 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Lanigan | | 43 | 58 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paud Sweeney | | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,263 Valid: 4,382 (53.41%) Spoilt: 31 Quota: 731 Turnout: 4,413 ||||||||||||||